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Post 05/14/2012

Cowlitz Fish Report for May 14

Last week Tacoma Power recovered 236 winter-run steelhead, 229 spring Chinook adults, 13 jacks and 56 summer-run steelhead during five days of operation at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.
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Post 5/08/2012

Fisheries Technical Committee April 3 meeting summary published

The April 3, 2012 Cowlitz River Fisheries Technical Committee meeting summary is now available here.
Post 5/01/2012

Anglers enjoy big trout on lowland lakes opening day

OLYMPIA - Good weather and big trout helped to boost catch rates on opening day of this year’s lowland lakes fishing season.

Based on creel checks conducted at 112 lakes around the state, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) estimates that anglers caught an average of 3.99 trout on opening day Saturday, April 28.
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Post 5/01/2012

Spring Chinook fishery above Bonneville Dam extended to May 6

OLYMPIA - Anglers will have at least four more days to fish for hatchery-reared spring chinook salmon on a section of the Columbia River stretching 163 miles upstream from Bonneville Dam.

Citing the late timing of this year’s run, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon today agreed to extend the fishery through May 6.
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Post 05/01/2012

WDFW Weekender Report for May

Here is the Southwest Washington fishing section of the WDFW Weekender Report for April.

Fishing: The spring chinook fishery is currently closed below Bonneville Dam, but has been extended through May 6 upriver from the dam to the Washington/Oregon state line above McNary Dam. Meanwhile, anglers are increasingly turning to area tributaries for salmon and steelhead and to lakes and reservoirs that opened for trout April 28.
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Post 4/04/2012
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Post 03/30/2012

Cowlitz fisheries plans & actions summarized in utility presentation

Tacoma Power’s Natural Resources section staff on March 28, 2012 presented an overview about Cowlitz River Project fisheries plans and actions to members of the utility’s board. The presentation covered
• Cowlitz Project Overview
• Cowlitz License Summary
• Downstream Fish Collection Background & Update
• Upstream Fish Passage & the Cowlitz Restoration & Recovery Fund
• Fisheries & Hatchery Management Plan – Monitoring & Evaluation
• Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery Visitors Center Celebration Event

Click here to see the links for viewing the slides which give a good summary of the presentation.